Events

Monday, July 8

A selection of broadsides by the Green Cat Press, from the Merrill-Cazier Library's Special Collections, is on display in the Library's Atrium. Each broadside combines a literary work, such as a poem or essay, with imagery. These fine prints, many resulting from direct collaboration with well-known authors, have themes ranging from cats and nature to the metaphysical. The exhibition may be viewed during regular library hours until early September.

This exhibit features nine works of art recently donated to the Museum by the late Joe Austin. These artworks are avant garde pieces from the 1970s and 1980s by artists working in the Los Angeles area and include an early painting by Lari Pittman. Beginning in 2005, Joe Austin gave a number of important artworks to the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. He died in March 2013 in Los Angeles at the age of 74. Mr. Austin donated modern and contemporary artworks by Alison Saar, Charles Gaines, Dewain Valentine and Peter Shire among others. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he was a successful attorney and a passionate supporter of the visual arts throughout his life. To learn more about Mr. Austin and other exhibits in the art museum, visit the museum website by clicking on the link listed below.

This selection of artwork from the permanent collection embraces a diverse range of forms and showcases work by important women artists. Rather than representing a certain artistic style or focusing on specific subjects depicted by women, this exhibition features a variety of styles and subjects. Included are representations of the female form, critiques of the objectification of the female body, and experiments with total abstraction. Highlights include posters by the Guerilla Girls, an installation piece by Ilene Segalove, photography from the second wave of feminism and minimalist abstraction. To learn more about this exhibit and others at the art museum, visit the website listed below.

Solving Relationship Problems -- Learn ways to problem-solve in interpersonal relationships, including basic assertiveness, ways to maintain the relationship without sacrificing your self-respect, and determining/achieving goals and changes in any given situation. You will identify factors that might help or hinder your effectiveness in interpersonal interactions, as well as ways to address these factors with specific skills. Please call to reserve a seat, 797-1012. Check our website for other upcoming workshops.

Getting the Most Out of Your Sleep -- Learn how to deal with sleep problems as well as how to manage your sleep to get the most rest from the time you have. Please call to reserve a seat, 797-1012. Check our website for other upcoming workshops.